Disrupt Radio abandons digital
Start-up station Disrupt Radio is overhauling its strategy in order to attract listeners however its staff are still unpaid.
Start-up station Disrupt Radio is overhauling its strategy in order to attract listeners however its staff are still unpaid.
The appointment of former ABC editorial chief Alan Sunderland to conduct an independent review into the ‘fake audio’ scandal at the broadcaster has raised red flags for some.
The nation’s TV ratings service, OzTAM, delivered the TV ratings more than seven hours late but it was a top result for key AFL free-to-air broadcaster Channel 7.
The online station is set to roll out new live programming for the first time, focusing on content for women aged over 30.
The start-up entrepreneurial station has not paid its employees for months and they remain in the dark about their future as funding dries up.
ABC boss David Anderson admits the broadcaster’s legal team ignored a letter raising concerns over audio depicting an Australian soldier shooting at unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.
Justin Stevens concedes the issue with altered audio in a news report on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan ‘shouldn’t have occurred’ and that an investigation was ongoing to determine who was responsible | LISTEN
The taxpayer-funded broadcaster has taken down a video containing audio that depicted an Australian soldier firing at unarmed Afghan civilians.
Employees at trouble-plagued Disrupt Radio are still waiting for their pay cheques and clarity from the founder on whether the station has a future.
Last year, the ABC announced an extraordinary review into racism at the taxpayer-funded broadcaster, but 16 months on it has not been handed down, and Indigenous leaders are not happy.
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